Ceramics & Glass Books

Provides information on the major ceramic manufacturers, their factories, marks, and artists. This book is organized by type of mark, to make it easy to identify a mark and match it to a manufacturer. It features sections illustrating the distinctive forms found in ceramics and maps showing the locations of factories in Europe, China and the US.

Includes over 450 designs - from Victorian cut glass and streamlined Modernist creations to rare design classics and quirky novelty items. This work also includes iconic bottles from leading makers such as Guerlain, Schiaparelli, and Balenciaga with a star-rating system indicating the value of every bottle.

This practical guide is aimed primarily at the budding collector and features a range of affordable glassware produced during the 1950s and 1960s.

This title is set out in a question and answer format and concentrates on porcelain objects. It is intended to help the reader distinguish between geniune and fake articles and is an introductory course for the beginner or refresher course for collectors of porcelain.

Full title 'Collecting Royal Doulton and Toby Jugs, 1934-1989': A collectors list. Third edition.

Covers four generations of the Birks family and their involvement in the modelling, sculpting and artistry for the production of pottery and porcelain in North Staffordshire.

This work on perfume bottles is aimed at the budding collector. Covering both non-commercial bottles, into which perfume was decanted, and commercial perfume bottles, sold complete with perfume, this book explores the variety of designs available.